| Main Entry: | ad hoc |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | for a specific purpose |
Synonyms: |
impromptu, provisional, special, specific, specified |
| Main Entry: | expedient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worthwhile, appropriate |
Synonyms: |
ad hoc, advantageous, advisable, beneficial, convenient, desirable, discreet, effective, feasible, fit, fitting, helpful, judicious, meet, opportune, politic, possible, practicable, practical, pragmatic, profitable, proper, prudent, seasonable, suitable, tactical, timely, useful, utilitarian, wise |
Antonyms: |
inappropriate, inexpedient, unbeneficial, unprofitable, unworthwhile |
| Main Entry: | extemporaneous/extemporary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrehearsed, improvised |
Synonyms: |
ad hoc, ad lib, at first glance, automatic, by ear, casual, expedient, extempore, free, immediate, impromptu, improv, improvisatory, improviso, informal, jamming, made-up, makeshift, off the cuff, off the top of head, offhand, on impulse, on-the-spot, snap, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, taking for ride, thought out loud, tossed off, tossed out, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unstudied, winging it |
Antonyms: |
planned, prepared, read, rehearsed, written |
| Main Entry: | present |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | existing; at this time |
Synonyms: |
ad hoc, already, at this moment, begun, being, coeval, commenced, contemporaneous, contemporary, current, even now, existent, extant, for the time being, going on, immediate, in duration, in process, instant, just now, modern, nowadays, present-day, prompt, started, today, topical, under consideration, up-to-date |
Antonyms: |
absent, former, future, past, previous |
| Main Entry: | temporary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lasting only a short while |
Synonyms: |
Band-Aid, acting, ad hoc, ad interim, alternate, brief, changeable, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, for the time being, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, interim, limited, make-do, makeshift, momentary, mortal, overnight, passing, perishable, pro tem, pro tempore, provisional, provisory, shifting, short, short-lived, slapdash, stopgap, substitute, summary, supply, temp, transient, transitory, unfixed, unstable, volatile |
| Main Entry: | extemporaneous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | improvised |
Synonyms: |
ad hoc, ad-lib, automatic, autoschediastic, by ear, casual, expedient, extemporary, extempore, fake, free, immediate, impromptu, improv, improvisatory, improviso, informal, jamming, made-up, makeshift, offhand, on impulse, on-the-spot, snap, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, toss off, toss out, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unrehearsed, unstudied, winging it |
| Notes: | extemporaneous means 'prepared in advance and carried out with few or no notes' while impromptu means 'totally unprepared, performed on the spur of the moment' - but this distinction has been all but lost |
Antonyms: |
deliberate, planned, premeditated, prepared, rehearsed |
| Main Entry: | quick-and-dirty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | done faster and easier but slipshod |
Synonyms: |
ad-hoc, cheaply done, cheaply made, crude but effective, improvised, jury-rigged, makeshift, of inferior quality, off-the-cuff, offhand, spur-of-the moment |
| Main Entry: | off-the-cuff |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extemporaneous |
Synonyms: |
ad hoc, ad-lib, automatic, autoschediastic, by ear, casual, expedient, extemporary, extempore, fake*, free, immediate, impromptu, improv, improvisatory, improvised, improviso, informal, jamming, made-up, makeshift, offhand, on impulse, on-the-spot, snap, spontaneous, spur-of-the-moment, toss off, toss out, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared, unrehearsed, unstudied, winging it |
| Main Entry: | present-day |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | present |
Synonyms: |
ad hoc, already, at this moment, begun, being, coeval, commenced, contemporaneous, contemporary, current, even now, existent, existing, extant, for the time being, going on, immediate, in duration, in process, instant, just now, modern, new, now, nowadays, prompt, started, today, topical, under consideration, up-to-date |
| Main Entry: | pro tem |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | temporary |
Synonyms: |
Band-Aid, acting, ad hoc, ad interim, alternate, brief, changeable, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, for the time being, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, interim, limited, make-do, makeshift, momentary, mortal, overnight, passing, perishable, pro tempore, provisional, provisory, shifting, short, short-lived, slapdash, stopgap, substitute, summary, supply, temp, transient, transitory, unfixed, unstable, volatile |